Enduring Understanding

 

The student will understand:

  • Mathematics is used everyday by most individuals.
  • Businesses have to use basic mathematical concepts to control the flow of money to make a profit.
  • All individuals need to know how to add, subtract, divide and multiply for any job or occupation in life.
  • Mathematics learned in elementary school can be used well into adult life.
  • Mathematics like reading is used in other content areas such as science and social studies and needs to be understood in these other contexts.

 

 

Essential Questions

 

  • What is the difference between a $100 paycheck and a $1000 paycheck?
  • Why is it important for someone to count his change from a store purchase?
  • How do you know when to go to school or to stay at home?
  • What is the difference between a 20 pound sack of flour and a 200 pound sack of flour?
  • What would we do if we didn’t have a number system?
  • How would you decide if you will add things together or subtract them from each other?
  • How can a person measure time for a short time and for longer periods of time?
  • How would you decide if you would multiply or divide a set of numbers?
  • How is multiplication like addition and how is it different
  • How is division like subtraction and how is it different?

Content Topics

 

Unit 1

Place Value, Addition, Subtraction

 

Unit 2

Money

 

Unit 3

Time

 

Unit 4

Multiplication

 

Unit 5

Division/Problem Solving

 

 

Key Skills

 

  • Reading
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Basic Computations
  • Application/Synthesis
  • Word Problem Comprehensio
  • Data Gathering
  • Making of Charts and Graphs

       

       

Assessments

 

  • Worksheets
  • Website practice Quizzes
  • Tests
  • Projects
  • Posters
  • Powerpoint projects

 

 

Standards Alignment:

 

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Math Standards and Expectations

Grades 3

I. Number and Operations Standards

II. Algebra Standards

IV. Measurement Standards

VI. Problem Solving

VII. Reasoning and Proof

VIII. Communication

IX. Connections

 

Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Mathematics

Grade 3

2.1.3. Numbers, Number Systems and Number Relationships

2.2.3. Computation and Estimation

2.3.3. Measurement and Estimation

2.4.3. Mathematical Reasoning and Connections

2.5.3. Mathematical Problem Solving and Communication

2.8.3. Algebra and Function